iaku iaku
ianɨr
kaipwipi keikwau
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Example: When woman does not have period for 2-3 months and is pregnant, people say the lizard could eat the baby. To avoid this, boil a handful of stem shavings in 1/2 L water, for 6 minutes and give this drink to the woman twice a day for 5 days. Then the bleeding will stop. There are also dietary restrictions: no coconut, oil, salt, curry. The woman can also not swim in sea for 5 days. But the baby will be healthy if these instructions are followed.
Scientific name: Achyranthes aspera, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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kapajiko
kapuapu
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Example: This is a "calendar plant," tied to the sea. When it flowers, it is time to harvest sea urchins. The dry wood is used to mke a fire when a person has no matches.
Scientific name: Hedycarya dorstenioides, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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karuarua
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Example: Ceremonial: During a large kastom ceremony ("Nakwyari"), a branch of this plant is used to sweep the nakamal before the toka dance.
Scientific name: Meryta neo-ebudica, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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kieri
kuatiapas
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Example: It is said that when children play in the bush they like to find this coconut to eat. The local name refers to children—small in size, just like a child. It is not considered a good variety for an adult to eat
Scientific name: Cocos nucifera, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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kwanepit
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Example: The leaves of this plant are used to treat diarrhea. Take a handful of leaves, chew them and suck out the liquid and swallow it, then spit out the fiber and all that remains in the mouth. Also known to be good as a cattle feed.
Scientific name: Desmodium canum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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magru
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Example: Houseposts. Straps used to tie wood to roof during thatching.
Scientific name: Avicennia marina, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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makhum
makopou
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Example: After roasting it on the fire, peel it and toss it into the sea for 2 minutes, then it can be eaten. If not tossed into the seawater, it does not taste very good. The stems are not useful to make canoes
Scientific name: Artocarpus altilis, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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maramara apusan
marao
minim
nahpao
napoti
nauaua
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Example: 1. Flying foxes are attracted to the flowers. 2. The bole is used to make end posts of western style houses known as nimah itoga. 3. Wood is used to make axe handles.
Scientific name: Metrosideros collina, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nayouk
nikathireu
nipiry
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Example: Cook young leaves in water for 5 min and then eat.
Scientific name: Polyscias fruticosa, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nisei
nuckuck
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Example: To treat burns, take 8 tips of this fern, chew it and put on as a poutltice on burn itself, leaving it for 2 days. This will dry the sore faster and heal it faster.
Scientific name: Pyrrosia lanceolata, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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pasua
pawpawuk
pendkos
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Example: Is a soft taro variety good for boiling or roasting. It grows very tall
Scientific name: Colocasia esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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pepher pitew sarariman
reyai
Takiaew sei tasi
tangarua
taupar taupar
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Example: Leaves used to cover laplap and wrap and boil in pot. Kids use papaya petiole to shoot seeds -- game of hide and seen called chung.
Scientific name: Canna indica, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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tukros ~ tukraus
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Example: Stem used to plant kava (use it like a spade) but even when you have a spade, you should still use this to dig the hole. The leaf is used to make laplap, a food made from taro or yam with coconut and other foods added. Take the leaf and wrap the laplap and then roast the package on the fire or cook the leaf in a pot of water.
Scientific name: Cordyline fruticosa, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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yakakusarɨp
yapha pshir
yesu